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Comparison of two sedation regimens during targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest

Marine Paul1, Wulfran Bougouin2, Florence Dumas3

  • 1Université Paris-Descartes-Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UFR de Médecine, Paris, France; Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

Resuscitation
|March 21, 2018
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Keywords:
Cardiac arrestPrognosisSedationTherapeutic hypothermia

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